Warm Word Button Command Mapping Under User Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automated assistants' warm word buttons are limited in functionality due to data security concerns, requiring users to interact with devices in other ways, thus increasing user inputs and wasting computational resources.
Innovation Solution
Dynamically configure warm word buttons with contextually relevant assistant commands based on activation events, and perform user verification using audio-based or non-audio-based techniques to ensure only authorized users can execute commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If warm word buttons are configured with assistant commands, then ease of operation is improved, but data security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic configuration of warm word buttons where the assistant commands available on the button change based on the current context (e.g., incoming call, text message, alarm). This allows the system to provide ease of operation for common tasks while maintaining data security by only enabling commands that are appropriate for the current situation and do not compromise security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of the warm word button configuration based on detected activation events. When specific events are detected (such as incoming communications or alarms), the button is configured with specific assistant commands. This parameter change approach allows the button to be highly functional when safe, while maintaining security constraints when appropriate.
2Reliability
If warm word buttons are limited in functionality for data security, then data security is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic configuration allows the warm word button to expand its functionality when security conditions are met, enabling quick execution of assistant commands for common tasks like silencing alarms or sending calls to voicemail. This maintains productivity for routine operations while preserving data security for sensitive operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects activation events and configures appropriate assistant commands on the warm word button without requiring manual user setup. This self-service approach ensures that productive commands are available when needed while maintaining security constraints, eliminating the need for users to manually configure each command.
3Reliability
If user verification is performed, then data security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements user verification selectively rather than universally. Verification is applied only to specific assistant commands that pose data security risks, while common, low-risk commands can be executed directly from the warm word button. This local application of verification maintains data security for critical operations while minimizing the impact on device complexity and user experience.
Data Source
AI summary
Implementations described herein relate to configuring a dynamic warm word button, that is associated with a client device, with particular assistant commands based on detected occurrences of warm word activation events at the client device. In response to detecting an occurrence of a given warm word activation event at the client device, implementations can determine whether user verification is required for a user that actuated the warm word button. Further, in response to determining that the user verification is required for the user that actuated the warm word button, the user verification can be performed. Moreover, in response to determining that the user that actuated the warm word button has been verified, implementations can cause an automated assistant to perform the particular assistant command associated with the warm word activation event. Audio-based and/or non-audio-based techniques can be utilized to perform the user verification.